Battle Through the Heavens: Emperor's Son Xiao Yan

Chapter 13 Fury

"What happened?" Xiao Yan stood up and asked.

He had a vague premonition that something bad was about to happen.

"Put your clothes on first." Xiao Yu blushed as she watched Xiao Yan stand up and turned her head away.

"Clothes?" Xiao Yan then remembered that his clothes had just been burned to ashes by the aftershocks of the energy and flames.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the cow swayed gently in its wake.

"It's not like we haven't seen each other since we were kids, what are you shy about?" Xiao Yan said as he took out a piece of clothing and put it on.

"He was a hooligan as a child, and he's become even more of a hooligan as an adult."

Xiao Yu glared at Xiao Yan before remembering what had just happened. She said coldly, "It was Xiao Jiande. He knew he couldn't get revenge on you, so he simply changed his target."

"They've changed targets?" Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed as he asked, "Is it Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma's group?"

"That's right. Xiao Jiande knew he couldn't do anything to us, so he arranged for people to deal with Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma, and even sent a few of his cousins ​​to cause trouble for us."

The two groups have already clashed several times, with injuries on both sides. However, they are all young men, so at most they've only been beaten. But in the villages of Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma's descendants, there's a possibility of death.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's face immediately darkened.

An unnamed rage burned within him.

He broke Xiao Jiande's leg, so it's normal for the Xiao-Lu lineage to cause trouble. Since his underlings were beaten in the fight, he would naturally compensate them and even help them get revenge.

But Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma are just a group of descendants who struggle every day to climb the social ladder for a better life. Now, they have suffered an undeserved disaster simply because of the vengeful mentality of a spoiled brat.

"Xiao Jiande, you deserve to die!" Xiao Yan's gaze was icy as he turned to Xiao Yu and said, "Take me to the village of descendants of Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma first."

"Okay." Xiao Yu nodded slightly, and with a flap of her Dou Qi wings, she transformed into a stream of light and flew away. Xiao Yan followed behind her, seemingly lost in thought.

After crossing several mountain ranges, the two arrived at a small basin formed within the mountains.

Seven Spirits Village is located in the Seven Spirits Basin and is named after the Seven Spirits Alfalfa, a high-quality pasture that grows abundantly in the area. This spiritual herb is very suitable for raising magical beasts.

Because of the abundance of Seven Spirit Alfalfa growing there, this place was also leased by a Dou Zun powerhouse and transformed into a ranch.

Most of the descendants of Qiling Village make a living by herding magical beasts for that Dou Zun powerhouse.

The most commonly raised animal on the ranch is a third-tier magical beast called the White Rainbow Cloud Ox.

This third-tier magical beast is strong and robust; consuming it can enhance one's physique. Its magical core and bones can be used for alchemy. Moreover, the key point is that this magical beast has a relatively gentle temperament, making it a very economical livestock-type magical beast.

But just last night, tens of thousands of white brocade cloud cattle in the ranch suddenly went berserk and rushed towards Qiling Village. The already small Qiling Village was razed to the ground in a short period of time.

Fortunately, although it was a village of descendants, there were several Dou Wang powerhouses and a Dou Huang village chief. With their help, the casualties in the village were greatly reduced.

Even so, two people still died and nearly ten were seriously injured.

"Village chief, we bear an inescapable responsibility for this matter." Beside the village ruins, Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma stood there, their faces covered in dust and dirt, a trace of numbness and sorrow deep in their weathered eyes.

It took the two brothers nearly thirty years of hard work to break through and become Battle Kings.

When they broke through to the Dou Wang level and their names were recorded in the family genealogy, how proud and triumphant they were!

They are their parents' pride and the future of Qiling Village.

But after leaving Qiling Village, they realized what it meant to be outmatched by others and to be in a world beyond our understanding.

It turns out that the Dou Wang powerhouse, whom the entire village revered and admired, was nothing in the true hierarchy of the Xiao clan!

Many young people don't need to work hard at all; they can easily step into the Dou Wang realm simply by relying on their bloodline power and the resources provided by their fathers and grandfathers, and their future will not be limited to that.

Even worse, people like Xiao Jiande can wipe out years of hard work in an instant if they harbor even the slightest malice, and they can destroy their own homes just to vent their frustrations.

"Stop talking." The old village chief sat on a large rock, his aged face covered with wrinkles, his hair all white, and his somewhat cloudy old eyes seemed to be thinking about something.

"If anyone's to blame, it's only ourselves for being too weak. Heh, weakness really is a sin." Thinking of this, a trace of sorrow flashed in the old village chief's eyes.

In the eyes of many descendants, he was the most powerful, oldest, and wisest elder in Qiling Village, but only he knew how weak he was in the face of the truly powerful beings of the Xiao clan.

"But what did we do wrong to deserve being so weak, to be bullied and looked down upon from birth?" The old village chief turned to look at a group of dusty-faced villagers.

On the ground lay a pile of unrecognizable corpses trampled by Bai Jinhong Cloud Ox; these were his childhood friends.

Although he possessed the cultivation of a Fighting Spirit, his blood and energy had long since declined at this age. After being knocked down by a bull king, he could no longer get up and was trampled into a pile of minced meat in the chaos.

He then looked at a pale-faced little girl standing to the side.

This innocent child was already a fighter at the age of ten, the best prospect in the village.

He might have the opportunity to reach the Dou Zong realm, a realm he could only dream of in his lifetime, but in the chaos of last night, the child lost his right arm.

This plunged her directly into the abyss, perhaps eliminating her hope of ever becoming a Dou Wang (a powerful warrior in the game).

A sense of desolation lingered over the ruins of Qiling Village, and a feeling of despair spread through the hearts of the villagers.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, a gentle breeze swept by, and everyone looked up to see a young man in black flapping his battle aura wings, flying like a shooting star in the sky.

"This is it," Xiao Yu said, pointing to the ruins of the village in the basin.

The moment he saw the ruins, Xiao Yan's blood pressure surged uncontrollably into his brain.

"Young Master Xiao Yan." Seeing Xiao Yan land, Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma suppressed their frustration and bowed slightly to Xiao Yan.

"Young Master Xiao Yan." The old village chief also slowly stood up and bowed slightly to Xiao Yan. As a Dou Huang powerhouse, even though he was old, his physique should still be strong.

But at this moment, he was slightly hunched over, his hunched back as if a mountain was pressing down on his spine, and his gray hair exuded a sense of desolation.

"Was it Xiao Jiande who did it?" Xiao Yan's voice was icy cold.

"Young Master Xiao Yan, we don't have any solid evidence." The old village chief's aged voice was tinged with weariness.

"Evidence!" Xiao Yan stared coldly at the ruins before him.

Xiao Jiande's move was truly disgusting, like a mother opening a door to disgusting things.

If he is still just Xiao Lin's grandson, it would indeed be difficult to find evidence. Even if evidence could be found, at most Xiao Jiande would only receive some minor punishment.

To truly achieve his desired level of satisfaction, he will likely have to wait until he cultivates to the level of Dou Sheng and then personally rely on his strength.

Fortunately, he is no longer just a genius, but the imperial son of the Xiao clan!

He is one of the most powerful figures in the Xiao Clan, second only to the clan ancestor Xiao Xuan, even though this status does not match his current strength, and many of the elders do not care much about him.

But dealing with a mere spoiled brat like Xiao Jiande...

"Since you enjoy using your power and background to intimidate people so much, then I'll let you experience what it feels like to be crushed by power," Xiao Yan said with a cruel sneer.

(End of this chapter)